“China, as Seen by a Pole Dancer,” The New York Times (Chinese Web), June 11, 2015.That world, of sequins and sweat, where bruises are badges and the goal is to fly. My second home… Or in plainer words, what I observed my year working as a nightclub pole-dancer in Beijing.

Xinjiang, The New York Times (Chinese Web), September 17, 2015Against all the negative stigma that currently exists against Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region in China, what’s it really like?